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DAY NURSERIES.
The first day nursery for the district was opened on
November 9th, 1942, at Middleton Road.
The building is a prefabricated hut consisting of reinforced
concrete uprights to which are bolted slabs made of sawdust.
The walls are lined internally with fibre board nailed direct on
the slabs, and the internal partitions are of hollow tiled
blocks flush pointed both sides and distempered to match the
remainder of the building.
The floor covering is of linoleum stuck to the oversite
concrete with the exception of the ablution rooms where a
patent jointless floor is laid.
The roof is of corrugated asbestos cement sheets with flat
asbestos cement sheet lining.
Water heating is by means of a thermostatically controlled
three section " Rex " gas fired boiler with a hundred gallon
storage cistern. The heating of the nurseries is by means of
slow combustion stoves supplied by the Ministry, but in addition
1 k.w. electric reflector fires are fixed at eaves level in
the ablution rooms and corridors. They are fitted in the nurseries
also, for the rapid warming of rooms in winter and for
use, if needed, in the morning and evening when fires are not
needed throughout the remainder of the day.
Toy cupboards and other fittings are made of asbestos
wood sheets ½in. thick, and the towel compartments (one for
each child) are formed of asbestos cement sheeting. Each
compartment is 3ft. high, 8in. wide, and 6in. deep and is provided
with 3 hooks for hanging towel, face flannel and hair
brush.

The second Nursery was opened at the Manor House,
Watery Lane, on April 12th, 1943. Suitable rooms were
selected for ablution rooms and sanitary appliances fitted.
Other rooms are furnished as nurseries, the chief adaptation
work in these cases being decoration.
The third Nursery at High Path was opened on September
20th, 1943. This one also is a prefabricated building, of
different construction from the one at Middleton Road, but
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